Robert Plant takes his `Band of Joy’ on the road (AP) – NIMBRUNG.NET
If you’re going to play with the rock ‘n’ roll icon, you’ve got to be ready to follow.
“When you’re working with Robert you can only rehearse so much and then it doesn’t matter anymore because you have to have your eyes glued on him the entire night,” guitarist Buddy Miller said in an interview with his tour bandmate, singer-songwriter and guitarist Patty Griffin. “No matter what the arrangement was, he’s just all feel.”
“It’s all spontaneous,” Griffin said.
Plant might give a nod or a vocal cue and the band heads off in an unexpected direction. That might be the unifying theme for Plant’s latest project, which he calls “an adventure.” New album “Band of Joy” is out in September and he’s on the road with a mostly unfamiliar cast of players who happen to have Nashville’s deepest street cred.
All this adds up to a show with several surprises for fans — “Band of Joy” songs mixed in with “Raising Sand” favorites, solo material and an eclectic collection of Led Zeppelin songs. His aim for Zeppelin songs like “Misty Mountain Hop” and “Houses of the Holy” is to make them feel like they are “crawling out of the swamp, not coming out of the bordello.”
“Even the old songs are brand-new,” Plant said. “There’s nothing being reproduced that’s ever been heard the way it’s being played now … it’s all different. So we’ve got a hotbed of about 22 songs, which will grow and grow. And you know, it’s just yet another opportunity for me to extend the manacles that are around my ankles, to get further and further out into the world of beautiful music.”
Plant offered a generous helping of Zeppelin favorites on the tour’s first two dates in Memphis, Tenn., and Little Rock. The concerts featured a song each for Miller and Griffin, and Plant has plans to include more songs by the band, which also includes multi-instrumentalist Darrell Scott, bassist Byron House and drummer Marco Giovino. He wants a revue feel for the tour, his first headlining performances since the “Raising Sand” tour wrapped 15 months ago. That partnership with Alison Krauss and producer T Bone Burnett netted six Grammys.
This time out he enlisted Miller’s help and put together the band on the guitarist’s recommendation. Griffin was a late addition, but one who adds important depth to the new songs on the album and to old favorites on stage. Plant said the two singers have a special connection.
“I can feel it without a word spoken and we sing together like crazy,” he said. “It’s like a rockin’ thing. It’s like the Andrews Sisters on acid, you know. It’s really great — revelatory really. She let’s fly. She really lets it go.”
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Storm troopers get ready to invade Comic-Con (AP) – NIMBRUNG.NET
Inside, though, are different stories. Those armored clones are lovingly occupied by moms, dads, doctors, cops, lawyers, exterminators, artists and other passionate “Star Wars” fans who devote thousands of dollars and countless hours to building screen-accurate costumes and wearing them all over the world to support the beloved franchise as well as dozens of children’s charities.
They are the 501st Legion, an international, all-volunteer costuming group. And this week, they’re coming to Comic-Con.
“It’s a major event for us every year,” says Christi Ladnier, 42, a mother of three who will be wearing an eight-years-in-the-making homemade Boba Fett costume. (Legion members dress as all kinds of “Star Wars” characters, with storm troopers the most popular.)
At least 200 members of the group — which boasts nearly 5,000 members in 40 countries — will be in full costume at the annual pop-culture festival, held Thursday through Sunday at the San Diego Convention Center.
Comic-Con is just one of dozens of events Legion members attend each year. A major supporter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Legion members also lend their Imperial glory to children’s hospitals, the Ronald McDonald House, the American Cancer Society, Toys for Tots, the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and March of Dimes. They’ve appeared in commercials, marched alongside “Star Wars” creator George Lucas in the Tournament of Roses parade and handed out Halloween candy at the White House.
Charity is at the heart of the 501st Legion, and friendship and fandom are its soul, but it really comes down to the costumes.
Their storm trooper outfits aren’t store bought, nor are they cheap, and they must be identical to what’s in the original films to be good enough. The Legion’s standards division assesses the screen-accuracy of each member’s attire.
Storm trooper armor is made from vacuum-formed plastic, heated in home ovens and poured over molds meticulously sculpted based on careful analysis of the characters on screen. The artisans who make the outfits are Legion members themselves, and they sell their work for practically no profit under a unique agreement with Lucasfilm, owner of the “Star Wars” franchise.
The company allows the fan group to use its intellectual property without fee or fine so long as the costumes, T-shirts and collectible coins that result are strictly for Legion members.
“It’s an extended family,” says Steve Sansweet, Lucasfilm’s director of content management, describing copyright concerns as “a non-issue” with the 501st Legion.
Marcelo Gallo, 43, of Riverside, Calif., discovered hidden artistic talents when he decided to make his own storm trooper helmet. A married father of five and owner of a pest-control business, he spent his free time researching how to make molds and vacuum form plastic. Now he’s built hundreds of helmets for fellow members and charity auctions.
“Sometimes I wish I could do this every day, but I can’t make it a top priority in my life because it’s not a source of income,” he says, adding that any money he makes goes back into the club and his costume.
Mike Ozeroglu, 36, of Glendale, Calif., a radiation therapy physicist with the U.S. Navy, ended up doing all the leatherwork on his Jengo Fett costume.
“It’s not something that you can just buy. You pretty much have to make it yourself,” says, adding that refining the costume is a continuous process. “I’ve been working on that Jengo Fett literally since I first started in 2004.”
While he loves to “geek out on ‘Star Wars’ fandom,” he says the real reward is bringing joy to sick kids.
“The most fun is where we go off to the hospitals,” he says. “The kids really think you’re the character most of the time. It’s fun to go in there and cheer them up a little bit. The following Monday I’m there as a staff officer and nobody knows I was there over the weekend.”
Though the helmets can get hot, they also help hide emotions and keep these costumed fans firmly in character, says Ladnier, who lives in Highland, Calif. “Sometimes you’re glad you have a bucket on your head because you just start welling up.”
The costume itself also can be uncomfortable. Beneath the armor, which breaks down into some 60 pieces, members wear long-sleeved shirts and leggings, plus a swath of fabric around their necks. It takes around 20 minutes to get in costume. Wearers can be a bit clumsy, too, since the helmets obscure peripheral vision.
But owning and wearing the storm trooper suit is the ultimate fan experience, says Los Angeles attorney Lawrence Green, who says he’s “over 30.”
“Some people collect action figures,” he says. “We get to BE action figures.”
Doing charity work began as an afterthought, says Legion founder Albin Johnson, but is now at the core of the group’s activities.
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Can deciphering your doctor’s notes improve care? (AP) – NIMBRUNG.NET
WASHINGTON – Don’t be offended if your doctor writes that you’re SOB, or that an exam detected BS.
The aim is to help, not insult: A project is beginning to test if patients fare better when given fast electronic access to more of their medical chart — the detailed notes that doctors record about you during and after every visit. You just might have to look up some of the technical jargon, like those abbreviations for “shortness of breath” and “bowel sounds.”
Didn’t know about those notes? Researchers involved in the “OpenNotes” project say they are surprised at how many patients don’t.
“You really have to be a partner with your doctor to do well,” says Dr. Tom Delbanco of Harvard and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, who heads the study and thinks better use of those notes will help.
“It’s your body. It’s your record. It’s your illness. You should have ready access to everything about it.”
Yes, your clinic may have an electronic records system that lets you log in to make an appointment, check your cholesterol test or review your medications. But Delbanco and nursing colleague Jan Walker have found few include those doctor notes that provide details about a patient’s health.
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London tries next revolution in connectivity: talking, not Tweeting (The Christian Science Monitor) – NIMBRUNG.NET
London – Twenty-first century humanity has mapped oceans and mountains, visited the moon, and surveyed the planets. But for all the progress, people still don’t know one another very well.
That’s the premise of Theodore Zeldin’s “feast of conversations” – events where individuals pair with persons they don’t know for three hours of guided talk designed to get past “Where are you from?”
Mr. Zeldin, an Oxford University dean emeritus who veered into the history of relationships, heads Oxford Muse, a 10-year-old foundation based on the idea that what people need is not more information, but more inspiration and encouragement.
Earlier this month at the View Tube cafe on the site of the London 2012 Olympics, Zeldin oversaw 200 Londoners who “organically” paired up and spoke tête-à -tête. An actual dinner was served. But the real meat was on a “menu of conversation” with topics like, “How have your priorities changed over the years?” Or, “What have you rebelled against in the past?” And “what are the limits of your compassion?”
Humanity, the final frontierTen years ago, Zeldin decided that were he living in the 16th century, he’d want to explore America. If he were in the 20th century, it would be the solar system. Today, the frontier is man.
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‘Inception’ dreams up big start with $62.8M debut (AP) – NIMBRUNG.NET
The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com are:
1. “Inception,” Warner Bros., $62,785,337, 3,792 locations, $16,557 average, $62,785,337, one week.
2. “Despicable Me,” Universal, $32,803,660, 3,501 locations, $9,370 average, $118,434,555, two weeks.
3. “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” Disney, $17,619,622, 3,504 locations, $5,028 average, $24,708,059, one week.
4. “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” Summit, $13,420,480, 4,001 locations, $3,354 average, $264,791,897, three weeks.
5. “Toy Story 3,” Disney, $11,998,276, 3,177 locations, $3,777 average, $362,965,378, five weeks.
6. “Grown Ups,” Sony, $9,911,016, 3,074 locations, $3,224 average, $129,165,357, four weeks.
7. “The Last Airbender,” Paramount, $7,755,153, 2,805 locations, $2,765 average, $115,138,607, three weeks.
8. “Predators,” Fox, $7,016,502, 2,669 locations, $2,629 average, $40,300,543, two weeks.
9. “Knight and Day,” Fox, $3,608,021, 1,925 locations, $1,874 average, $69,117,400, four weeks.
10. “The Karate Kid,” Sony, $2,288,707, 1,532 locations, $1,494 average, $169,290,675, six weeks.
11. “Cyrus,” Fox Searchlight, $1,093,313, 446 locations, $2,451 average, $5,084,186, five weeks.
12. “The Kids Are All Right,” Focus, $1,064,359, 38 locations, $28,009 average, $1,813,866, two weeks.
13. “The Girl Who Played With Fire,” Music Box, $679,533, 139 locations, $4,889 average, $2,018,291, two weeks.
14. “Iron Man 2,” Paramount, $561,740, 362 locations, $1,552 average, $310,018,590, 11 weeks.
15. “The A-Team,” Fox, $461,023, 428 locations, $1,077 average, $75,207,206, six weeks.
16. “I Am Love,” Magnolia, $415,112, 140 locations, $2,965 average, $2,662,051, five weeks.
17. “Winter’s Bone,” Roadside Attractions, $347,380, 21 locations, $16,542 average, $3,064,052, six weeks.
18. “Standing Ovation,” Rocky Mountain Pictures, $343,125, 625 locations, $549 average, $343,125, one week.
19. “Get Him to the Greek,” Universal, $294,175, 287 locations, $1,025 average, $60,129,930, seven weeks.
20. “Hubble 3D,” Warner Bros., $285,273, 53 locations, $5,383 average, $10,855,247, 18 weeks.
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